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008 | 161222s2017 nyuab b 001 0 eng | ||
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_a9780345804570 (pbk.): _cRs. 499.00 |
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_223 _a591.562 _bPRUM/E |
100 | 1 | _aPrum, Richard O. | |
222 | _aBIOLOGY | ||
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_aEvolution of beauty: how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal world and us/ _c[by] Richard O. Prum |
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_aNew York: _bAnchor Books, _cc2017 |
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_a428 p. : _bill.(some col.); _c21 cm |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
520 | _a What can explain the incredible diversity of beauty in nature? Richard O. Prum, an award-winning ornithologist, discusses Charles Darwin's second and long-neglected theory--aesthetic mate choice--and what it means for our understanding of evolution. In addition, Prum connects those same evolutionary dynamics to the origins and diversity of human sexuality, offering riveting new thinking about the evolution of human. | ||
650 | 0 | _aSexual selection in animals. | |
650 | 0 | _aSexual selection. | |
650 | 0 | _aCourtship in animals. | |
650 | 0 | _aHuman evolution. | |
650 | 0 | _aBiology | |
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